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• THOMAS

  Posted on Jan 2, 2012 (permalink)

  Dear sir,

  how can I set a shadow around RadWindow? I use the RadWindow like a user control and start it with the Show() function.

  This code shows the shadow only in designer mode but not at run time.

  <telerik:RadWindow x:Class="SilverlightControlStyles.MyWindow"

  ..

  <telerik:RadWindow.Effect>

               <DropShadowEffect ShadowDepth="10"/>

         </telerik:RadWindow.Effect>

  Best regards

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• Dani Dani

  Posted on Jan 3, 2012 (permalink)

  Hello Thomas,
  
  To add a shadow, you will need to edit the Style and ControlTemplate of RadWindow. You can generate these from Expression Blend. Just remember that generated XAML will be OfficeBlackTheme specific.
  
  If you have a look through the generated style, you will notice that the default shadow of RadWindow is not an Effect, but it comprised of a few Borders and is part of the ControlTemplate. This is done for the purpose of better performance.
  
  

  <Border x:Name="Shadow" BorderBrush="#11000000" BorderThickness="1" CornerRadius="10">

                      <Border BorderBrush="#22000000" BorderThickness="1" CornerRadius="9">

                          <Border BorderBrush="#33000000" BorderThickness="1" CornerRadius="8">

                              <Border BorderBrush="#44000000" BorderThickness="0 0 1 1" CornerRadius="7">

                                  <Border BorderBrush="#55000000" BorderThickness="0 0 1 1" CornerRadius="6"/>

                              </Border>

                          </Border>

                      </Border>

                  </Border>

  
  You can edit, replace, remove or add borders to modify the shadow of RadWindow.
  
  I hope this helps.
  
  Regards,
  Dani
  the Telerik team

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